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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 25, 1899
Died
September 12, 1978
Place of Birth
Ferndale, California, USA
Also Known As
- Franklyn Ferguson
- Karen Noel
- Frank S. Ferguson
Frank Ferguson
0.8 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank S. Ferguson (born December 25, 1899, Ferndale, California – died September 12, 1978, Los Angeles) was an American character actor with hundreds of appearances in both film and television. Ferguson's best known role was as the Swedish ranch handyman, Gus Broeberg, on the CBS television series, My Friend Flicka, based on a novel of the same name. He appeared with Gene Evans, Johnny Washbrook and Anita Louise. At this time, Ferguson also portrayed the Calverton veterinarian in the first several seasons of CBS's Lassie. He made his film debut in 1939 in Gambling on the High Seas (released in 1940), and appeared in nearly 200 feature films and hundreds of TV episodes subsequently. Film appearances include: McDougal's House of Horrors (1948), Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair 1952. Television series appearances include The Pride of the Family, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Peyton Place and Perry Mason. Ferguson died in Los Angeles of cancer on September 12, 1978.
Known For
Credits
The Macahans
as Grandpa
1976
6.7
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Kung Fu
as Bissell
1972
7.7
The Waltons
1972
7.2
🎬
Return to Peyton Place
as Eli Carson
1972
4.0
Cannon
1971
6.6
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Along Came a Spider
as Dr. Andrew Blake
1970
5.2
Nanny and the Professor
as the Judge
1970
6.0
Land of the Giants
as Goalby
1968
6.7
Adam-12
as Fred Tibbles
1968
7.0
Green Acres
as Harvey Jackson
1965
7.3
Green Acres
as Doc John Stuart
1965
7.3
The Great Sioux Massacre
as General Alfred Howe Terry
1965
4.2
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Newspaper Editor
1964
7.3
Peyton Place
1964
6.1
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Air Force General
1964
7.7
Wendy and Me
1964
0.0
The Quick Gun
as Dan Evans
1964
6.3
Petticoat Junction
as Doc Stuart
1963
5.7
Temple Houston
as Judge Gurney
1963
5.7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Garner
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Tom Dunston
1962
6.4
Pocketful of Miracles
as Newspaper Editor
1961
7.3
Everglades
1961
8.5
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
5.0
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
as Walter Henderson
1960
0.0
Surfside 6
1960
5.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Sam Lindsey
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Wilbur Pine
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Mr. Foley
1960
7.6
The Westerner
as Stuart
1960
6.8
Sunrise at Campobello
as Dr. Bennett
1960
6.0
The Tall Man
1960
6.3
Coronado 9
1960
6.0
Raymie
as Rex
1960
0.0
The Big Night
as Dave Johnson
1960
0.0
Mr. Lucky
as Hyatt Krausmeyer
1959
6.4
Shotgun Slade
as Mike Colier
1959
5.7
Hawaiian Eye
as Capt. Joe Taggart
1959
5.2
Philip Marlowe
1959
5.0
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
The Twilight Zone
as Krueger
1959
8.5
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
Lock-Up
1959
6.2
Laramie
1959
6.6
Bonanza
as J.R. Ridley
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Abner
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Gigger Thurman
1959
7.5
Andy Hardy Comes Home
as Mayor Benson
1958
4.5
77 Sunset Strip
as Saul Gantry
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Old Billy North
1958
6.1
Bat Masterson
as Dick Pierce
1958
6.1
Man of the West
as Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)
1958
6.6
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
The Texan
1958
5.5
Bronco
1958
5.9
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Amos Wilson
1958
6.8
Terror in a Texas Town
as Deacon Matt Holmes
1958
6.7
The Light in the Forest
as Harry Butler
1958
6.8
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
as Sheriff Ralph Wittrock
1958
6.2
Leave It to Beaver
1957
6.9
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Trackdown
as Adam Turner
1957
6.4
Alcoa Theatre
as Milbanks
1957
6.5
🎬
Goodyear Theatre
as Milbanks
1957
6.8
Maverick
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Sheriff McPeters
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Genessee Jones
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Sheriff Luther Hawkins
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Sheriff Barnes
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Prof. Laiken
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Sheriff Orville Ramsey
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Walter Coffee
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Judge Hiram Larkin
1957
6.6
Sugarfoot
as Otto Jardine
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Doc Spooner
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Judge Bean
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Captain Hoyt
1957
6.2
The Lawless Eighties
as Owen Sutter
1957
0.0
This Could Be the Night
as Mr. Shea
1957
5.6
Gun Duel in Durango
as Sheriff Howard
1957
5.4
The Iron Sheriff
as Holloway
1957
6.0
The Phantom Stagecoach
as Joe Patterson
1957
5.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as T.J. Barnett
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Paul Parker
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Tom Menken
1956
6.0
🎬
State Trooper
1956
5.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Frank Cliff
1956
5.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Ralph Barlow
1956
5.0
At Gunpoint
as Marshal George Henderson
1955
6.3
The Battle of Gettysburg
as Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)
1955
5.8
A Lawless Street
as Abe Deland (uncredited)
1955
5.3
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
My Friend Flicka
1955
5.7
The McConnell Story
as Mechanic
1955
6.3
Cheyenne
as Judge Lloyd Pomeroy
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Sheriff Allen
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Enoch
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
Moonfleet
as Coachman
1955
6.5
City of Shadows
as District Attorney Hunt
1955
5.0
The Eternal Sea
as Admiral L.D.
1955
6.4
New York Confidential
as Dr. Ludlow
1955
5.9
Battle Cry
as Mr. Hector Walker
1955
5.6
The Violent Men
as Mahoney (uncredited)
1955
6.4
Black Tuesday
as Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited)
1954
6.0
Young at Heart
as Bartell
1954
6.0
Drum Beat
as Mr. Dyar
1954
6.0
December Bride
1954
5.5
A Star Is Born
as Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
1954
7.1
Lassie
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Seth Collins
1954
6.1
The Shanghai Story
as Mr. Haljerson
1954
4.8
The Outcast
as Chad Polson
1954
6.3
Johnny Guitar
as Marshal Williams
1954
7.4
The Lone Wolf
as Sheriff Jerry Lea
1954
7.0
Riding Shotgun
as Townsman (uncredited)
1954
5.8
Dragonfly Squadron
as Gen. Conners
1954
6.0
Public Defender
as Judge
1954
5.7
Texas Bad Man
as Gil
1953
0.0
Wicked Woman
as Bill Porter (lawyer)
1953
5.0
So Big
as Ed (uncredited)
1953
5.3
Main Street to Broadway
as Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence
1953
6.5
Topper
as Dr. Lang
1953
5.8
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Dr. Bryce
1953
7.0
Letter to Loretta
as Marc Thatcher
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Mr. Creavy
1953
6.5
City of Bad Men
as Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited)
1953
5.8
City Detective
1953
7.0
Big Leaguer
as Wally Mitchell
1953
6.2
So This Is Love
as Commencement Speaker
1953
3.8
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as John Britton
1953
4.0
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
as Dr. Morton
1953
6.6
The Lone Hand
as Mr. Dunn
1953
5.6
House of Wax
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
1953
6.9
The Marksman
as Champ Wiley
1953
0.0
Trouble Along the Way
as Mike Edwards
1953
5.9
The Blue Gardenia
as Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
1953
6.5
Woman They Almost Lynched
as Bartender
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Lt. King
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Mack Duncan
1953
6.4
The I Don't Care Girl
as Ned
1953
6.5
Star of Texas
as Marshal Bullock
1953
0.0
Million Dollar Mermaid
as Prosecutor
1952
6.4
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Dr. Green
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Ed
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Fielding
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
as Mr. Frank
1952
6.6
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.1
It Grows on Trees
as John Letherby
1952
7.7
Wagons West
as Cyrus Cook
1952
6.5
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Edward Norton
1952
6.7
The Winning Team
as Sam Arrants
1952
5.5
Rancho Notorious
as Preacher
1952
6.5
Oklahoma Annie
as Eldridge Haskell
1952
8.0
Rodeo
as Harry Cartwright
1952
0.0
Bend of the River
as Tom Grundy
1952
6.9
Boots Malone
as Private Investigator
1952
7.5
Room for One More
as Steve (uncredited)
1952
6.5
🎬
Chevron Theatre
as Hiram Cooper
1952
10.0
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
On Dangerous Ground
as Willows
1951
6.6
The Barefoot Mailman
as Doc Bethune (uncredited)
1951
4.0
Elopement
as Pinkie's Father (uncredited)
1951
5.0
Warpath
as Marshal
1951
5.8
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Harlow Finch
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Joe Nelson
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Mike Collier
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Thunder in God's Country
as Bates
1951
0.0
Santa Fe
as Marshal Bat Masterson
1951
6.8
Frenchie
as Jim Dobbs
1950
5.7
Under Mexicali Stars
as Counterfeitor Goldie
1950
0.0
Treasury Men in Action
as Miller
1950
6.0
The Furies
as Dr. Grieve
1950
7.2
The Lawless
as Carl Green
1950
5.8
Louisa
as Park Attendant (uncredited)
1950
6.1
The Good Humor Man
as Insp. Quint
1950
6.0
Tyrant of the Sea
as Officer (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Dancing in the Dark
as John Sharkey
1949
5.0
Free For All
as Hap Ross
1949
6.0
Roseanna McCoy
as Ellison Hatfield
1949
5.6
The Lone Ranger
as Lester Grey
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
as Oscar Vale
1949
6.8
Follow Me Quietly
as J.C. McGill
1949
6.2
The Barkleys of Broadway
as Mr. Perkins (uncredited)
1949
6.9
Homicide
as Albert Murray
1949
5.3
Caught
as Dr. Hoffman
1949
6.5
State Department: File 649
as Consul Reither
1949
4.3
Slightly French
as Marty Freeman (uncredited)
1949
7.2
Shockproof
as Logan (Uncredited)
1949
6.4
Dynamite
as "Hard Rock" Mason
1949
2.5
The Walls of Jericho
as Tom Ransome
1948
4.9
Rachel and the Stranger
as Mr. Green
1948
6.2
Walk a Crooked Mile
as Carl Bemish
1948
6.0
The Vicious Circle
as Stark
1948
5.5
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Mr. McDougal
1948
7.1
Fort Apache
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
1948
7.0
Fighting Father Dunne
as Colpeck
1948
6.0
The Hunted
as Paul Harrison
1948
5.2
The Miracle of the Bells
as Dolan
1948
5.9
The Inside Story
as Eph
1948
6.5
The Bride Goes Wild
as Reporter (uncredited)
1948
6.2
Road to Rio
as Texas Posse Member
1947
6.8
T-Men
as Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited)
1947
6.8
Cass Timberlane
as Court Clerk
1947
5.5
Variety Girl
as R.J. O'Connell
1947
6.1
Shy Guy
as Mr. Norton
1947
3.1
They Won't Believe Me
as Mr. Cahill
1947
6.4
The Perils of Pauline
as Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited)
1947
6.2
Danger Street
as Boward - Police Chief
1947
4.0
Welcome Stranger
as Crane (uncredited)
1947
6.6
Killer at Large
as Edward Denton
1947
0.0
Blaze of Noon
as Cash Jones
1947
4.0
The Man I Love
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
1946
6.1
Lady Chaser
as Attorney J. T. Vickers
1946
6.0
The Searching Wind
as Embassy Attendant (uncredited)
1946
0.0
Canyon Passage
as Preacher (uncredited)
1946
6.6
Night and Day
as Tina's Father (uncredited)
1946
5.9
Blonde for a Day
as Walter Bronson
1946
5.0
O.S.S.
as Electronics Engineer (uncredited)
1946
6.4
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
as Justin Farley
1945
0.0
Thrill of a Romance
as 1st Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1945
6.2
Pilot #5
as Mr. Tully
1943
5.8
Mission to Moscow
as American Newsman (uncredited)
1943
5.3
Truck Busters
as George Havelock
1943
6.0
🎬
City of Silent Men
as Fred Bernard
1942
0.0
You Can't Escape Forever
as Coroner (uncredited)
1942
5.4
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Reporter
1942
5.0
🎬
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Judge
1942
0.0
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Alden Brown
1942
5.8
Spy Ship
as Burns
1942
6.0
Broadway
as Reporter
1942
5.5
Broadway
as Reporter (uncredited)
1942
5.5
Grand Central Murder
as Detective Mike McAdams (uncredited)
1942
5.7
My Gal Sal
as Loud Customer (uncredited)
1942
5.6
This Gun for Hire
as Albert Baker
1942
7.0
Reap the Wild Wind
as Snaith (uncredited)
1942
6.4
The Body Disappears
as Professor McAuley (uncredited)
1941
5.2
They Died with Their Boots On
as Grant's Secretary (uncredited)
1941
6.6
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Prosecuting Attorney
1941
5.0
You'll Never Get Rich
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1941
6.4
Bullets for O'Hara
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1941
4.0
Four Mothers
as Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
1941
6.2
Father Is A Prince
as Ben Haley
1940
5.0
Gambling on the High Seas
as The State's District Attorney
1940
5.0